headline london 1988 (27 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Used - fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First. First Edition. A square, tight and unmarked copy. Top corners slightly crunched, result of a bookcase fall. Dust jacket now protected in removable mylar.

18x11. 224 pas. 598986.

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (pages edges tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xvi + 331, illus with b&w drawings in text (pages tanned; no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, square 4to, 138pp, colour illustrations, slight foxing on edges and endpapers, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 074720084X.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. VG+ Light edgewear, light creasing to cover, mild age-toning to pages, otherwise a solid copy, very clean throughout. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. VG/VG 1st. Book.

128 S.; Ppbd. mit OSU; 18,5x25,5cm. SU gering gerändert; Ecken teils leicht eingebogen; sonst guter Zustand.

first edition, black cloth, 309pp, NF with v sl foxing to ep's & edges, in NF d/w with v sl internal foxing.

first edition, black cloth, 375pp, NF with v sl sunned & foxed edges text, d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed, 7cm cut to front cover).

25x18. Encuadernación editorial con sobrecubierta. 125 pgs. Texto en inglés. Ilustraciones en color. La sobrecubierta tiene un desgarro de 7 cm. en la parte posterior. 662266.

first edition 205pp F in NF d/w (spine sl.sunned w.minor bumps to extrems.) also writes as edith pargeter.

FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Paperback book in good+ condition. Minor bumps to corners. Stain to head of rear cover. Pages tanned throughout. 12mo. 399pp.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo 81pp., illusts., Introduction by Robert B. Parker.

Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet paper covers, gilt lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 9'' x 5¼'' 81 pp ISBN 0747200866. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo 206pp., frontis,

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New large octavo 125pp., colour frontis., colour plates, The Advent of Brother Cadfael; Three vintage tales of Brother Cadfael.

First edition. "The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael." A fine copy in purple boards and price-clipped colour pictorial dust jacket.

Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy of the first edition in publisher's original plain orange stiff card wrap covers [soft back], black title lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains 316 printed pages of text. In Very Good clean and square condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0747230757 PROOF COPY (Advance).

Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy of the first edition in publisher's original plain apple green stiff card wrap covers [soft back], black title lettering to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 314 printed pages of text. In Very Good clean and square condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0747200718 PROOF COPY (Advance).

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine folio 144pp., col. & b/w pls., bibliog., index, Selection of favourite shots by some of the world's finest food photographers.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original violet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, plans to end papers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 205 page ISBN 0747200610. Cheap paper browning to margins. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with fading of pink colour to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper and can easily be removed should you so wish. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A collection of two first edition novels by the sci-fi author Ian Watson. An assorted collection of two novels by Ian Watson.Including:The Power, first edition of 1987, following the wake of the Power after a limited nuclear war between the Soviets and Americans, resulting into an apocalypse. Published by Headline.The Fire Worm, the first edition of 1988; a fascinating tale of an ancient scientific experiment that goes wrong. Published by Victor Gollancz.Both volume are in the original dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The dust wrapper is excellent and unclipped with only minor shelf wear, with a slight sunning to the spine to 'The Fire Worm.' Internally, firmly bound. The pages are clean with a touch of age toning, as usual, more prominent in 'The Power.' Near Fine. book.

1.Auflage. ('Published for the first time in the British Commonwealth'). - Der Umschlag mit einem kl. (sauber hinterlegt.) Einriss, sonst gut erhalten. - 81 S. Orig.-Papp-Bd. mit farb. illustr. Orig.-Umschlag.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. A collection of first edition novels from the Cadfael Chronicles by English author Edith Pargether. Five volumes. First edition, first impression unless otherwise stated. Written by Edith Mary Pargeter, an English author of works in many categories, best known for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles, who was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. Pargeter often wrote under the pen name of Ellis Peters. The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical murder mysteries, set in the 12th century in England during the Anarchy, the novels focus on a Welsh Benedictine monk, Cadfael, who aids the law by investigating and solving murders. This set contains: A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael, 1988. The sixteenth volume published from the Cadfael Chronicles, though not considered an ordered text in the series. With a colour frontispiece and twelve colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of three short stories by Ellis Peters, featuring her medieval detective, Brother Cadfael, entitled: A Light on the Road to Woodstock, The Price of Light, and Eye Witness. The Potter's Field, 1989. The seventeenth volume of the Cadfael Chronicles. When a hastily buried body of a young woman is found in a newly tilled field recently given to the Benedictine abbey, uneasiness pushes Cadfael to find the whole truth behind this unexpected discovery. The Summer of the Danes, 1991. The eighteenth volume of the Cadfael Chronicles. Brother Cadfael is pleased to join his young friend Mark on a mission of church diplomacy in Wales. Travelling in the safety of the Prince of Gwynedd's train, they are brought to unexpected dangers as they seek to keep a young Welsh woman. The Holy Thief, 1992. Third impression. The nineteenth and penultimate volume of the Cadfael Chronicles. Heavy rains flood the river and the Abbey, threatening the precious reliquary of Saint Winifred. When the waters recede, the saint is gone, beginning a long search with tangled motives that challenges the monks. Brother Cadfael's Penance, 1994. The twentieth and last novel in the Cadfael Chronicles. When a rebellion arises in the south, Cadfael leaves the Shrewsbury Abbey to save the son he has not yet acknowledged, held prisoner by a disillusioned knight. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original dust wrappers are unclipped, other than A Rare Benedictine and The Potter's Field which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are very smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. Further wear to The Summer of Danes, with minor creases to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.

Hardback. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. None (illustratore). First edition. The first edition of a selection of Ellis Peters medieval whodunit novels. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The Cadfael Chronicles are a series of historical murder mysteries written by linguist and scholar Edith Pargeter under the pseudonym Ellis Peters.Within the series, there are a total of twenty novels and short stories written between 1977 and 1994. Each novel draws on storylines, characters, and plot points of other books within the series. Brother Cadfael's Penance is the final book within the series. This book brings together the twenty stories ad goes on to conclude and resolve the series. The stories are set between 1137 and 1145 during the Anarchy, the destructive contest of the crown of England between King Stephen and Empress Matilda. Many historical events are explored within the novels including the translation of Saint Winifred to Shrewsbury Abbey. Themes explored include Love, aristocracy, civil war, and the Crusades. A Rare Benedictine published in 1988 includes eleven medieval-inspired plates that accompany the short story. This anthology contains three short stories by Ellis Peters, featuring his famous medieval detective, Brother Cadfael. Providing a look into how Cadfael came to renounce his former life and become a monk. The Cadfeal Companion is a guide to the medieval world of Brother Cadfeal. It includes contextual information surrounding the creation of the series. This companion includes five maps. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Marginal age toning to the dust wrappers. Marginal age toning to the flyleaf's. The odd spot to the text block. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with marginal age toning. Fine. book.